Gallery›Wellcome Collection›The massacre of the Greeks by the Turks in Patrasso: Greek women, men and children are shot, hung, beheaded or dismembered as they try to flee by boat. Engraving by V. Gajassi after a painting by L. Mastricola and V. Pfyffer.
The massacre of the Greeks by the Turks in Patrasso: Greek women, men and children are shot, hung, beheaded or dismembered as they try to flee by boat. Engraving by V. Gajassi after a painting by L. Mastricola and V. Pfyffer.
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The massacre of the Greeks by the Turks in Patrasso: Greek women, men and children are shot, hung, beheaded or dismembered as they try to flee by boat. Engraving by V. Gajassi after a painting by L. Mastricola and V. Pfyffer.

Luigi Mastricola

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Lettering: I Greci di Patrasso nel di 5. Aprile 1821, stanchi delle barbieri dei Turchi li assalgono facendo per la prima volta di essi orrida strage ... Luigi Mastricola e Vincenza Pfyffer amatori delle arti belle. Gajassi inv. dis. e inc.

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